October Ministry Report

Greetings from Nepal in His Precious Name!

  It’s a Great time of joy to share how the Lord has been using our ministry and all the team members as his useful tools for equipping and raising the workers for His Mission to fulfill 2020 vision of our ministry to plant 150 churches in Nepal, India, Bhutan and Tibet China, so we would like to appreciate and thank you for your every precious prayers, love, concern and investments for children, ministry and building His Kingdom of God. Surely God will count each and every deed that you have done for His Kingdom and His Glory. Thank you very much for your prayer towards us as we also continuing praying for you and work and ministry over there.

Ministry News for Mission Trips Ramechhap District from 26^th t0 28^th October 2011

Dear Brother and Sister Heartfelt thanks for your precious prayer for our Mission Trips in Himalaya region Rame Chhapa Distric from 26^th to 28^th October 2011.Regarding this trips our team went to Ramechhap District on 25^th October 2011 with my Son Anand and some other brothers .the purpose of this mission trips was: Opening or Inaugurated  the new church  building in that village. Having three days youth conference and Bethlehem Discipleship training graduation service.

So I was such blessing days for us we have got many opportunity to share good news of our lord Jesus Christ to village people and also we taught them about the role of youth in the church as well as ministry and we have got privilege to inaugurate new church building and also prepared fifteens labors for harvest and send them for new church planning ministry. So about this  mission trips God has given us many experiences  in our life  though we have face many difficulties  during our travel and during the time of stay there  but our Lord always be faithful with us .because of this God has been blessing to us very much and our ministry also growing well .

Next thank you for your prayer for our ministry as well as our children .May God Bless you .

Your Brother in Christ
Pastor Bishwa Dev & Gopi khadka.

Nepal 2012

We are looking at taking 2 trips to Nepal in the next year-

1. the end of May I will be going to see the finished home for the children and help them get moved in- the trip will primarily focus on the kids and church there in Kathmandu- we'll stay at a local hotel as I did in Oct 2009. It will cost around $2500, a passport will be needed of course and visa to enter the country. I will gladly take any sponsor who wants to go, the dates are up in the air but I am looking at May 18-28, the children will by on holiday and between grades during that time. We will need to go before the rainy season starts, that makes travel much more difficult.

2. in October my husband and John Elam will take a group that will focus on training pastors, they will do more traveling around the country and be teaching from the book 9 marks of a healthy church to 4-500 pastors, the price will be about the same and it will be a 9-10 day trip as well. 

God bless and hope to hear from many of you soon!

New family pictures

Pastor Bishwa has placed several new pictures of all of the kids on a day trip they took this past week  click here


We are nearing the end of the year, the ministry is going so well, this has been a good year for this family and we are so thankful for all the sponsors here in the States that donate on a regular basis so these children will be able to attend a wonderful school and Bishwa can minister in Kathmandu and other villages. I am also so very thankful for Lovem Ministries that paved the way to make this ministry possible. It is truly a blessing to work so closely with people on the other side of the world.

We are praying and seeking the Lord for the funding to build a home for Bishwa and the children he has taken in to raise as well as the ones he will bring in in the future. He has been given land from his father and we are looking at constructing a building on the property in spring 2012 before the rainy season comes again. Last year they had bad flooding in the area where the children stay. They are separated from each other as well. The building will cost approximately $25,000

As I pray for this great need I am reminded of how amazingly Jesus provided when he was here on earth.....

Matthew 17
²⁴ After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

 ²⁵ “Yes, he does,” he replied.

   When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”

 ²⁶ “From others,” Peter answered.

   “Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. ²⁷ “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

Hanging out with Jesus must have been really cool. I have to believe if he wants you and I to be apart of building this home than he can provide money from anywhere he wants! Including a fish's mouth :)

August Report

Pastor Bishwa's report- 

This month lord has blessed us very much and every week new people began to come in the service and most of them accept to Lord Jesus every week. And this weekend fourteen men and women of God got water baptism ,it is really such a blessing for all of us ,this is not only because of us we are doing good job but it is because of you, your prayer support and encouragement too.

Thank you for all your precious gifts, help and prayer for our all children as we also always praying for you every day. We are doing well and ministry also growing well and next weeks on Wednesday 31^st of August 2011 I am going to start new church in east Nepal call Jhapa and Ilam district and its touch in India border so please pray for us.

-PLEASE PRAY FOR:

A. Pray for children home and our ministry Inspiration fellowship.

B. Pray for 2020 vision of our ministry to plant 150 churches in Nepal, India, Bhutan and Tibet China. 
C. Pray for the Gospel and Church Growth across the Nation and Revival.
D. Pray for the Nepali Church:  for their unity, passion for prayer and spiritual revival in the country and against the spirit of division and conflicts in the Nepali Church and local churches.

The rainy season makes travel in Nepal very hard from June to August. We are planning a trip in 2012 in October for sure, while this is not good for those in school here in America, the weather would prohibit travel very much in the summer. 

This building is where the children live, they have services here also several times a week. While they are using what they have, Pastor Bishwa has been given land to build a home for him his 10 children. We are praying that God would supply the money ($30,000) through the Nepali believers, American churches, fundraisers or individuals between now and March. We hope they can be in the home by the next rainy season!

These women bring our requests with them to pray for. They have prayed for our family members and churches and we are very grateful. 

Deborah is sponsored by Sandy Pogue

Bhawana is sponsored by Kevin and Tiffany Denis

Tenjeen is sponsored by Whitney Pruitt

This is the most exciting news of the children's baptism and faith in Jesus Christ. The children are future leaders of Nepal. God has wonderful plans for their lives. 

Gopi is a beautiful soul. Though she speaks little English you know she loves the Lord very much and depends on him for every need. While caring for the 10 children she also traveled and shared a message  with the women this month. She has recovered well from her surgery in December. 

Worship

Worship at the Inspirational Bible Fellowship in Kathmandu, Nepal

Look for the kids, pastor Bishwa's son is right there in the front. Also note how they sit :) Lord willing one day you can worship right there with them!

May it inspire you to worship in a new way this week.

July Report

Tuesday

Bishwa Khadka

• Dear Respected Pastor Cody and Sister Lori
  Greetings from Nepal as well as my Family. We are doing well and continue praying for you and your family too. Thanks for all you have been doing for us and also thanks for your kind love, concern, help and prayer support towards us. Our God is great He knows everything and nobody hide himself in the side of our Almighty God. (Hebrews 4:13). Thank you for your prayer towards my father in law he is getting better now and thank you for your hard prayer about my IPAD2. Our God is amazing and awesome because He brought back my IPAD2 from the thief’s hand .it is amazing story and testimony for my life as well as give Great testimony to who are in the Hospital and also Police station.
  Story Goes like as you know my IPAD2 stolen by thief on 7th July 2011 in midnight when I was in the Hospital with my Father in Law and I have send prayer request to you also and you said to me if it is not God’s will ,you will get back and caught the thief .but it is never happen such type of thing in Nepal and many of them lost mobile and lap top from same hospital but no thing happen so as human being I and my family also setup our mind and give thanks to God for this incidents ,but at that movement my son Anand prayed for me and IPAD2 and he said to me do not worry you will get back because nothing impossible with our God and you are using this blessing for His(God) kingdom its really touch in my heart and encourage to me.
  Our God is great, very next day’s I complaint to police and hospital too but we prayed to God if it is your wills please get me back, I still could not believed how Our God has done all thing to get back my IPAD2, that very night same thief came again to steal some other things in same Hospital and room in the at 1:00 am and he was searching the room but at the time security guard suspect to him and caught him and they began to inquiry to him ,he is the same person who stole my IPAD2 than he said to us yes I stole your IPAD2 but I could not keep with me and I did not want to come again to hospital but I came here by force inside my heart so police took him in the custody and on 11th July 2011 at 2:00 pm I have received my IPAD 2.So it is possible just we trust on the lord and our prayer , your prayer so we heartily thanks for your prayer . so now IPAD2 with me and we can communicate again by Skype and other.
  Next this week one of the brother accepted to Lord as his personal savior and I have privilege to train some of the pastor and leaders to different churches which hold by good neighbors Christian community in Kathmandu, second our youth hold one day youth awareness conference in the church more than 150 youth were gather together on 10th July 2011. Third I have invited Hebron public school graduation service where our children are studying well and one of the worship leaders his name is Santos Tamang finished his 10th grade so please pray for his further study.
  Now days raining has stop so please pray for our needs as well as ministry in Nepal. So it has been such blessing time for every one of us to extension His Kingdom into the Himalaya Country as Nepal, India, Bhutan and Tibet china. So we want & appreciate your regular & active involvement to accomplish this great responsibility of building His Kingdom. May God Bless you.
  In His Service
  Pas Bishwa dev Khadka
  Nepal
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

June Report

Bishwa is back and settled in Kathmandu, he sent this picture of the children with their new clothes we sent with them....

this is his report since returning.....

• • Sweet love and Greetings from all my family as well as all believers from Nepal and Tibet Border.
    
    We all are doing well by His Grace as well as your prayer Support and all the children are studying well and praying for you all. I am very sorry for delay to reply because since from my returning from village i have suffering fever due to that i could not able to communicate with you in time ,but now i am fine.
    
    
    Next good news for you ,though devil tried to killed me and Gopi by bus accident in the village but God has big plan for all the people of Nepal ,India Tibet china and Bhutan to bring in to His Kingdom therefore he could not do anything for us. After returning from USA very first week five people accepted to lord two of them from our children one is Sital Thami and another Is Tenjeen Sherpa. Rest of three from others so it was great blessing for all of us. And our two children RIDA AND KIRAN got first price from Nepali football tournament are all the children giving you all heartfelt thanks for all the thing.
    
    
    Next, i have share with them about new constructing children home building soon and all the children are so much exited and began to pray for all the resources of that building. i am sending you children picture and ministry picture with this mail. Next I would like to inform you that money which I have received from New life i have saved $ 500.00 for my car returning and that brother ask me about my car weather I can pay back money to him or not so he give me ultimate time for this month so if we do not return money to him than i have to register my car to his name so please pray for this if it is God will surely He will provide us and if it is not His will ,we heartily give thanks to our God .
    
    
    Next please convey our heartfelt greetings to all the sponsors and Velma Baptist church family. Because we know what you have been doing for us and we are praying for you and ask to God to bless you and
    pour out His Heavenly blessing in your family and ministry as well.
    
    
    Rest we are fine
    In His Name
    Bishwa

Bishwa's visit to the United States- begins

We are so in awe of God's provision-

Be in prayer as Bishwa leaves tonight for the US, he'll spend 10 days in VA at a global peace conference before coming to bless us here in OK, we are still planning on hosting a get together Saturday night at my home for anyone sponsors who want to come and talk with Bishwa- he'll also be sharing at Tanglewood Fellowship in Duncan Sunday Morning May 22nd and at VElma Baptist at night on sunday may 22. If any of these times don't work for you feel free to contact me, we'll make sure you get to meet him!

Also feel free to bring or send anything to me (po box 793 velma, ok 73491) to send back with him for your sponsored child.

Pray...

Links

I had wanted to repost on this blog all of the previous posts about Bishwa but I think I am just going to do links....

To Michelle's facebook pictures    #2    #3

 To a fun activity e-book for kids on the country of Nepal

To my memoirs of the trip

To my post about Bishwa's first trip to Oklahoma

To my first post about the orphan care on my blog

Second post on my blog about the littlest girls recovery

Some American friends we met in Kathmandu

Want more info on Nepal? Google it- you can see Kathmandu newspaper online and much much more

Pastor Bishwa's Visit

I have been talking with Bishwa over the last few weeks about another possible visit to the USA. He received a 5 year visa last year and the Lord has given him another opportunity through a church in VA to come. He leaves just next week and just last night he sent me the itinerary for the trip. It was a week long with an intense conference at this VA church in there. I wasn't very hopeful that we'd get to change the ticket to allow time for us to see him to. He wanted us to come to VA but that is not a trip we can just take quickly. Plus it means more people and sponsors- YOU can meet him, talk to him about the children, the ministry and simply see how much of a jovial delightful person he is. He may bring his cowboy hat back, lol!

Still working on the plan for his visit but I hope to host a dinner for any sponsors wanting to come join us on friday night May 20th at my home. He will also be a church somewhere on Sunday so if you can't make Friday night and want to meet him Sunday or any time May 17th - 22 please let me know. We can't send a whole lot but we can send some things back with him. Keep it small and light weight. We may see about sending him home with another suitcase full of things to take back. I'll try and investigate what customs will and won't allow to- no liquids or knifes for sure. 

More to come...keep posted....  

New Pictures

I am going to forward the original email Bishwa sent because it also contains their report cards! How cool is that! With notes in English from the teachers and everything.

But these are the pictures they have drawn for their sponsors- how precious...(I don't know why but they are calling us all uncle lol)

Rida is pictured but he and Joseph both contributed to this picture above...

Amazing Provision....

This is a personal testimony.

I hope you'll allow me to share yours on here too...of how this particular partnership with the Nepali believers has stretched, challenged and changed you...

Bishwa had yearly costs come up for the children's school. A fee he wrote and told me wasn't budgeted and he'd have to borrow money for. A deacon's wife in our church had come up to me the night before and asked about what more we could do, as a church family, for them. I responded to Bishwa- do not borrow the  money, our church will provide the money....such a blessing to be apart of....such timing....

Deuteronomy 15:10
Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

I was going to wire the money on April 15th, (btw- prayer need, they are all starting their new school years this week) I had wanted to send the monthly amt and the special yearly money given by our church at the same time...but when I went to the bank account I lacked the amount to send the full amount. I had brought my "summer savings" a little money I put back for summer because I don't work during the summer. It's all I had. And it required all of the savings for me to send what I had hoped, prayed and promised (in faith) to send each month.

Deuteronomy 15:10
Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.


It was in trust that Cody's income would have to be enough for the summer that I gave...trust in God, the God who provides...and if I had to do without this summer, I'd do without. 


I did it but I went back and forth in my mind- between doubting and quoting the verse above. Between Trust and Pity party. 


Tonight as Cody opened the mail he got excited...it was a check....from the mortgage company....we had a reimbursement from our escrow. I came over and said, " let me see, how much is it? "


I would've posted a picture but giving is confidential here- but it was $36 more than what I gave that day at the bank. 


I love it when God does that. I never expected it. I expected to make do, live on less. Never expected him to give it back to me. 


Deuteronomy 15:10
Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

2 Sponsored children are baptized~

OUR LATEST REPORT.....

Dear Sister Lori
Greetings from Nepal as well as sweet love from Children and believers
from Nepal in Jesus Lovely Name, we have been doing well and
continuing praying for you and the entire ministry over there. We are
fine and this weeks will be see all the children final result for this
years and from next week’s they will be going to school for new
academic years. So please continue pray for their study as well as
good result.
Next thanks for your prayer because of your prayer support our
ministry growing well and 10th of April 2011, we had water Baptism
ministry in the church and thirteen persons were baptized with water
and fill by the power of God so please pray for new born again
children of God I am sending their Nme belows.
1. Ashika Timalsina 2. Dhan ba karki 3. Gane Lama 4. Hem Bahadur
shrestha 5. Sabina Gurung- 6. Indira Lama 7. Kiran thing tamang (SECOND PIC ABOVE I THINK) 
8. Miss Gurung 9. Rosani Tamang 10. Sayam koirala 11. (FIRST PICTURE ABOVE, NOTE HE'S WEARING HIS VELMA ALMA SHIRT )Rida Wonchu
bhute 12. Rosan Tamang 13 Rohit Tamang.
Another good news one 74 Yrs old lady accept to old as her personal
savior in her life so she has been suffering from fever and swelling
.so please pray for her healing from the Lord. Rest we are fine and
doing well.

Next prayer request during the Easter time 25th April 2011 ,East Nepal
churches going to organized Big Evangelistic Easter Crusade in Gaighat
Udayapur we hope 50000 people will gather together there and i and my
brother in law going to speack over there and some professional
singer and artist alkso coming there so please pray for all that time
and many people will know resurrection of Our Lord Jesus .
May God Give you more blessing in your life and ministry.
With Love
Bishwa & Gopi Khadka
Nepal

I HOPE TO SOON WRITE MORE ABOUT BISHWA AND OUR KNOWING HIM THE LAST 3 YEARS, HERE IS A LINK TO MY TRIP TO NEPAL FOR NOW

I BELIEVE MISS ABIGAIL IS ON THE FRONT ROW THERE IN PINK! 

psalm 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
         But the LORD delivers him out of them all. 

 psalm 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times;
         His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

First Report and PIctures

Below is our report for April from pastor Bishwa...

Dear Respected Sister Lori
Greetings from Nepal as well as my all family in Jesus Precious Name,
we have so much bless by your encouraging mail and lots of thanks for
your kind heart towards Nepal and orphanage children. We have been
continuing praying for you and lovem ministry Family every day.
We believed God will do great things and bring great revival in Asian
country through Lovem Ministry.
Thanks for your great heart towards Children and also lots of thanks
to them who have been opening their precious hands to children and all
the church and children have been praying for all of you; thanks for sending us all the sponsored Name and details we appreciate that. So regarding Tibetan Girl whom we are willing put our home ,those person who contact to me I have already
told him to give me all the details about her with recommendation from
her village development committee and bring her soon so as soon as
received all the details I will send it to you.

Next about children New Year session or classes began from April 15th
2011 and every year I have been paying to school their annuals one
time once a years each child have to pay extra money $60.00 to 70 .00
means at least $ 550.00 extra money for every year its excluding
monthly tuition fees and this is private school lures and regulation
for their sports, medicine, libery, school dairy and all the books etc.

 So If God allows me to visit USA this year I eagerly desire
to see you Oklahoma in your town if you allow.

Next this beginning month of April is such blessing month and weeks
for our ministry because beginning of the week four people accepted to
Lord as their personal savior in their life one woman her name Reno
Gautom, her husband Prakash Gautama and her brother in law Santos
Gautama and one boy Deepak Tamang so please pray for them. 

And at the
same week we have one eight yrs boy Depash Khadka Birthday so we
prayed for him.

Next,4th April 2011 we have great opportunity to new church planting
and opening ceremony in BENJAL VDC Tibet border five hours by bus and
one hour by foot, we have done that service with my brother in law
that church name was Benjal Christian Church. And I have done opening
prayer and short message about love of Christ towards church. 

And also
we prayed to our church leaders and release them to preach Gospel of
Jesus Christ around those villages so God has opening door. Rest we all are fine doing well and children also
praying for you too. Please convey our best regard to all of you in
Jesus name.

We also like to pray for you and ministry over there with our children
last night:-
Dear God, we pray for our lovem ministry all over the world and also
pray for Velma Baptist church and our dear sister family and ministry,
because God you alone are worthy to be praised and we give you the
glory you deserve. You have created all things and in this we rejoice.
So lord we pray to your daughter and son who committed their life for
you glory please God use them mighty always in your kingdom all over
the world and bless them ,protect them and give them right wisdom
,knowledge and healing power to them this is our humble request you .
May you guide them always and rise up many soul winners for your
glory! We love you Lord, Amen

Prayer request:-
1. Please pray for children new Academic years from 15th April 2011.
2. Please pray for Gopi because she going to speak among the women
conference on 14th April 2011.
3. Please pray for coming evangelistic crusade in mid-east Nepal
Gaighat on 24th April 2011 during the Easter with my brother in law.
4. Please pray for new constitutions for new Nepal and please pray for
all the people of Nepal will know and accept to Jesus as their God the
savior.
5. Pray for 2020 vision of lovem Nepal.
Your Brother in Christ
Bishwa & Gopi

Nepal